Latest articles on Bloemfontein

Can you pause a pandemic? Inside the race to stop spread of Covid-19

Article Joan Van Dyk - 26 Mar 2020

Tracing the close contacts of people who test positive for coronavirus disease is a delicate dance. Here’s why these health workers wait for the cover of darkness to take action

Stay in China, government tells homesick South Africans

Article Thanduxolo Jika & Chris Gilili - 21 Feb 2020

As ‘impisoned’ children at epicentre cry to be reunited with their parents, top official says families mustn’t be ungrateful

The secret ‘Warmonger’ at the SSA

Article Thanduxolo Jika - 29 Nov 2019

A listening device acquired by the agency is at the centre of an alleged R600-million fraud operation

Four small towns in the Free State worth visiting

Article Bridget Langer - 23 Apr 2019

What do we know about the central Free State province?

Malema tells EFF supporters to seize white-owned land, defying court

Article James Macharia - 14 Nov 2016

The EFF leader appeared in the Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court to face charges of inciting his supporters to take over land in 2014.

New life recalls ‘mad’ SA hero

Article Jane Rosenthal - 23 Sep 2016

Rejected by the Empire, beloved in South Africa, Hobhouse stood for justice, feminism and pacifism

Bloemfontein blues: Retracing my student days in my old university town

Article bogdan TagDiv - 19 Jul 2016

Ishay Govender-Ypma revisits raw and vivid memories of her coming of age in Bloemfontein.

Bloemfontein bites the dust: 7 pictures of the sandstorm

Article Staff Reporter - 16 Oct 2014

Bloemfontein in the Free State is covered in a cloud of dust as the city experiences a sandstorm. Here are seven awesome pictures.

Motsoaledi launches free HPV vaccine for schoolgirls

Article bogdan TagDiv - 12 Mar 2014

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has launched an HPV vaccine programme for grade four girls in all government schools.

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Near Makhanda in the Eastern Cape in the village of Salem is a cricket pitch that is said to be the oldest in the country. Watered by blood and trauma, rolled with frontier nostalgia and contemporary paranoia, how does it play?

Coronavirus

Three million jobs lost and hunger surging amid Covid-19 crisis — survey

Sarah Smit - 15 Jul 2020

Income shocks and the breakdowns in social protection schemes have had consequences for hunger and food insecurity in South Africa

National

Police respond to rural water protests with bullets

anna majavu - 14 Jul 2020

The coronavirus has hit the Eastern Cape hard, but many rural areas in the province still have no clean water for hand washing, forcing residents to break lockdown regulations to protest

Press Releases

Motoring

New Bentley Bentayga – The definitive luxury SUV

special reports - 15 Jul 2020

The Bentayga combines the abilities of a performance grand tourer with a luxury limousine, a spacious family car and an off-roader

Special Reports

Galaxy A21s captures imagination of the youth

special reports - 15 Jul 2020

Samsung's latest Galaxy A devices are loved by their users and provide a range of awesome features that are truly important to them

Special Reports

SafetyWallet and First Aid Level 1

special reports - 15 Jul 2020

Basic First Aid is an industry standard and it is the basic requirement in working environments that employers need to have in place

Special Reports

Yvonne Chetty: a passion for an efficient public sector and mentoring

special reports - 13 Jul 2020

'Being affiliated to a professional body such as SAICA makes providing expert guidance and support to my colleagues that much easier'

Special Reports

Full-time Johannesburg-based CEO required for HI HOPES

special reports - 8 Jul 2020

An entrepreneurial, business-minded, impact-driven individual is sought to lead the organisation as it looks to scale and grow

Special Reports

Balwin properties and Absa launch South Africa’s first green home loan

special reports - 8 Jul 2020

Balwin Properties’ Edge registration of over 16 000 units was a global first, covering more homes than any single property developer in the world to date

Special Reports

Young professional gets a career boost from PSETA

Staff Reporter - 8 Jul 2020

SAICA makes ongoing efforts to encourage the professionalisation of financial offices in private and public sector organisations

Special Reports

Colgate-Palmolive South Africa donates one million bars of soap

special reports - 7 Jul 2020

The combination of limited access to quality soap and a lack of knowledge of how to properly wash hands is a challenge in many vulnerable communities